Walk into a bar in Spain and ask who the better player is between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and you're likely to start a fight. Most experts agree Messi has the sight edge, but Ronaldo has a strong claim, and more personal World Player of the Year awards in his collection.
The fact that Ronaldo has a little more money than Messi may be because he's a couple of years older, or just that he's transferred between clubs whilst Messi hasn't. Ronaldo has won championships with Manchester United in England and Real Madrid in Spain, before joining Italy's Juventus. It's also possible that the sponsorship and endorsement opportunities Ronaldo gets are a little more lucrative; he's the better looking of the two, and so gets more modeling work! Such is Ronaldo's popularity at home in Portugal that a bronze bust of him is on permanent display in Madeira airport.